News

A new study reports the first human clinical study of a drug candidate that suppresses injury and disease-induced inflammation of the brain

Researchers have moved one step closer to the ability to make heparin in cultured cells, identifying a gene critical to its biosynthesis.

Earth’s molten core may be leaking iron, according to researchers who analyzed how iron behaves inside our planet.

Researchers have found a way to make the new generation of smart computers responsible for big data processing more energy efficient.

Creativity is one of humanity's most distinctive abilities and enduring mysteries. But it doesn't appear to be necessary for survival, because many species that do not possess it have managed to flourish far longer than humans. So what drove the evolutionary development of creativity? A new neuroimaging study points to an answer.

A tool developed as part of the NIH BRAIN Initiative helps researchers watch neural activity in real-time 3D.

An international team under the leadership of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has intensively studied the unique male pregnancy in 12 species of pipefishes and seahorses.

A newly developed comprehensive molecular profile or “atlas” of the toxic immune cells that damage the brain could be used to guide multiple sclerosis research and treatment.

An instrument currently aboard the International Space Station could grow E.coli in space, opening a new path to biomanufacturing drugs during long-term space flights.

In the largest study to date of proteins related to Alzheimer’s disease, a team of researchers has identified disease-specific proteins and biological processes that could be developed into both new treatment targets and fluid biomarkers